Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1887-07-22
THE COUNTRY BURNING UP.

IN VERY SLtllON IllE HEAT SlM'
PLY TERRIFIC-CHICAGO RE-
PORTS sIXTY-TWO DEATHS d.
RECTLY CHARGEABLE TO THE
HEAT.
CHICAGO. July 1.-THE hot
weather of Saturday was intensifi.
ed to-day, and there was much sui.
feriEg throughout the city. At Z
o'clock this morning the mercury
had reached 90 degrees, and by II
it was at 100 degrees. The maxi
mum was l02 degrees, and the
hottest weather experienced in
Chicago in years was reached by |
o'clock, aud the temperature re-
NAMED nearly stationary until .
o'clock. At , o'clock a furious
squall swept down upon the Lake,
bringing with it heavy rain,
which lasted half an hour. From
the time of the storm the tempera-
ture began falling rapidly, and at
Q tonight had reached - degrees.
The number of prostratious from
the heat up to 10 o'clock tonight
count up iOrty-fve persons. OF
this number eighteen have died,
and probably more will die before
morning. On Saturday the total
number of cases cared for by the
police was over one hundred, and
of this number thirty or more re-
suited fatally. Such a degree Of
heat has not been experienced in
Chicago in nearly thirty years.
At II o'clock tonight the latest
returns show that slXty-two persons
have died either in or on the way
to the various hospitals in the city
since Saturday morning. These
deaths we're all the direct result of
sunstrOke or heat prostratiOn.
A number of the patients in the
hospital are in a state Of coma to.
night, and the physicians consider
their cases hopeless. At the Coun.
ty Hospital the physicians and
nurses haze been working almost
increasingly for thirty hours.
A Nc'c's special from Joliet, Ill.,,
says: "The thermometer registered
100 mt daybreak this morning and
113 in the middle Of the day. The
heat vas simply terrific
a special from GaIesburg, H.,
says: "The heat for the past six
days here has been terrific, aver
aging 100 degrees in the shade.
To-day it reached l0l. Four
deaths occurred yesterday and to-
day from prostratiOn."
PHILADELPHIA, PA, july IL
With the single exception of July
s, 1876, today has been the hot
test for over thirty years, the heat
being even greater than that OF
yesterday. At > o'clock this after
noon the thermometer registered
100 degrees in the shade, being
Just two degrees less ;han that OF
July s, 1876, and one and quar-,
ter degrees greater than yesterday
Up to a late hour tonight there
have been about thirty eases OF
sunstroke reported, fourteen oI
which resulted fatally. At II
o'clock tonight the thermometer
stands at 81 degrees.
BALTIMORE, july 1.-THE i'll
. tensely warm weather continued
to-day, the thermometer at 3 p. VI
registering 90 degrees. \ rain
storm of short duration passed
over the city about / o'clock, after
which q pleasant breeze from the
northwest afforded a grateful re
liet to pcrspiring humanity. II
to midnight six deaths from the
effects of the heat were reported
! A number ot eases OF sunstrokC
were also reported, several Of which
are likely to prove fatal.
CHARLESTON, July Ill. d
Budds was fatally Frustrated by
sunstroke here to-day.
AUGUSTA, Ga, July H. Thi.
| has been the hottest day in years
the thermometer indicating a maxi
mum temperature Of lOi.
Chicago, July lS.-The sickle o.
the sun cut a wide swath IN the
population OF Chicago last week
and Yesterday. it had its victims
in every grade Of society, and left
them in every part Of the city
The welcome breeze that sprang
MP last evening saved many lives
but many a sufferer was past all
help and the night and morning
added to the death list. Twenty
deaths from sunstrOke were report
ed Yesterday and as many moro
this morning, and 2G3 babies les,
than year old fell sick and died
from the heat. There were about
135 deaths altogether reported uT
to noon, and only half the day over
! The weather was muggy and the
air heavy this morning, but the
breeze was still blowing. Their
mometers in various parts of tho
city ranged between So and 9C
degrees.
lrichmond State, l-th.l
Those who expected any moder
alton in the extreme heat Yesterday
were disappointed. The day open
ed sultry and oppressive. The ther
mometer never got below 50 degrees
Saturday night and started ont al
about that figure at sunrise. Al
2.15 p. VI. it was up to 1917 and
| 102 degrees. 1t reached l0l degrees
at 1880 o'clock, and then began de
Ginning. These figures were taken
at a spot in the shade on which the
sun never shines, and may be re
garded as both authentic and as a
very fair sample Of the weather.
Notwithstanding the great heat
the city ambulance was not called
out and no cases of prOstration OF
sunstroke were reported at the sta
tiOn.hOuses.
In the galleries Of several of the
churches the thermometer register
ed 100 last night.
The suffering among the horses
was fearful, particularly with those
attached to the street-cars. A mum
| her were FRUSTRATED bV the heat